serious head injury!!! What can I do?

[alinas2010]

Thank you so much for your response! Didn’t think about not getting a response on an old thread. Duh lol.

I’ve been treating with vetercyn and natural honey. Doing electrolytes and probiotics for the her and the rest of the flock. She’s eating a bit better now and has been quarantined since the incident. Rest of the flock is doing well. Took a few days but they’re almost back to normal.

Again, thanks for the response and I’m doing all I can for her. Here’s a pic of the wound and also some meds I’ve been using between the honey and vetercyn.

You’re welcome! Definitely do try to post a new thread if you’re still needing some guidance and you will get a great response from some very smart and helpful people here. How is she doing?

I don’t think it looks too bad, but the blue makes it a bit harder to tell. I’m not very familiar with hen healer. What are the ingredients? Natural honey may be okay, I know it can have antibacterial properties, do you think it’s working? I know it’s helpful for prolapses as it helps with swelling and keeps tissue somewhat moist. But I really strongly suggest getting an ointment such as neosporin in place of that hen healer. The color makes it hard to judge tissue changes.

Be sure you’re offering plain water, too, incase she gets over any taste associated with the probiotics/electrolytes. The hen healer may be fine, go ahead and show us the ingredients, but again the color makes it hard to tell healing and changes. Something with the consistency of neosporin and triple antibiotic properties of it will be really helpful in a case like this where skull is showing.

 

[alinas2010]

Thank you so much for your response! Didn’t think about not getting a response on an old thread. Duh lol.

I’ve been treating with vetercyn and natural honey. Doing electrolytes and probiotics for the her and the rest of the flock. She’s eating a bit better now and has been quarantined since the incident. Rest of the flock is doing well. Took a few days but they’re almost back to normal.

Again, thanks for the response and I’m doing all I can for her. Here’s a pic of the wound and also some meds I’ve been using between the honey and vetercyn.

Oh an do remember that these types of scalping injuries take weeks and weeks to heal, if not months. So be patient and don’t introduce back into the flock until she is relatively healed over. I can find you a link to another thread where a chicken got scalped if you want to see the progression of healing for that chicken.